Another poll has confirmed how smug and self-satisfied Canadians can be when we’re invited to gloat over our national accomplishments.
Take health care, for instance. Approximately 74 per cent of us consider universal health care to be Canada’s single greatest …

“The world would have voted for Obama out of hope in 2008,” Dominique Moisi, the highly regarded French historian and political scientist said the other day on a CNN talk show. “They would vote for Obama in 2012 out of fear.” That is a pithy summation of world opinion on the eve of the presidential[...]

“The world would have voted for Obama out of hope in 2008,” Dominique Moisi, the highly regarded French historian and political scientist said the other day on a CNN talk show. “They would vote for Obama in 2012 out of fear.” That is a pithy summation of world opinion on the eve of the presidential[...]

B.C. municipal leaders voted Wednesday for a resolution that calls for the decriminalization of marijuana, but they’re facing a major hurdle: convincing Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government to change the law.

B.C. municipal leaders voted Wednesday for a resolution that calls for the decriminalization of marijuana, but they’re facing a major hurdle: convincing Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government to change the law.

A man is in hospital in Southwestern Ontario after contracting a variant of the H1N1 flu virus.
A variant virus is an influenza virus that normally circulates in animals but that infects a human.
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health …

The CAW has all but given up the fight to keep an assembly line open at General Motors’ Oshawa plant in its ongoing contract talks with the automaker.
“We’re going to keep raising it until the deal is done,” CAW …

Privatizing more municipal services, and even the elimination of entire programs, are under consideration as city council prepares for a seemingly impossible task — a fifth straight year of either freezing or reducing the local tax levy paid by Windsorites.…

Brazil is a “perfect storm” of opportunity for Canadian companies. The country is in dire need of infrastructure upgrades and is hosting both the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. As well, an estimated 40 million people joined the ranks of the middle class between 2003 and 2011 and are looking to buy their first car or home. There was a point during that economic boom when Brazil couldn’t physically get their products out to sea quick enough to satisfy demand from abroad because they didn’t have the infrastructure, said Stuart Bergman, Export Development Canada’s assistant chief economist. The country didn’t have the capacity in terms of roads, railways or port facilities.

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Interested taxpayers and spending watchdogs are getting a new tool for keeping an eye on public institutions for Christmas, with Ontario’s hospitals falling under freedom of information laws starting Jan. 1.

Before she turned 20, Elizabeth Bassett had dreams of owning a car and paying for post-secondary education – both costly aspirations shared by many young adults. Her mother is a member at Motor City Community Credit Union, and so this was her first choice for financial guidance. Now 27, she owns a car, has a […]